Chikatilo is shown as a seemingly normal husband and father, even warning his own son about the dangers of "maniacs" lurking in the city.

While bodies are found in forest belts, local police mistakenly focus on a man named Shein, who was found with a knife and pressured into confessing to the crimes.

The premiere establishes the duality of Chikatilo’s existence—a modest citizen and family man by day, and a predator by night.

The episode concludes with Chikatilo approaching another potential victim, a woman named Valentina, at a bus stop. Key Details

The series is a crime drama directed by Sarik Andreasyan that explores the double life of Andrei Chikatilo, the Soviet Union's most notorious serial killer. The first episode, which premiered on March 18, 2021 , introduces the atmosphere of fear in the Rostov region and the initial, often flawed, investigation into the brutal murders. Plot Summary: Episode 1

Chikatilo meets a young boy named Sasha at a train station and uses a conversation about fishing and the promise of a "foreign fishing line" to lure him away.